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today, we will take an early look at what will be and what should be the foreign policy of the second obama administration in the middle east. we at the washington institute, for us this is just the beginning of a quite a number of event and undertakings that we will be producing. there will be transition papers on the key issues. sometimes by our sterling institute research staff, sometimes by outside scholars and practitioners that we have commissioned to take a look at specific topics -- in the next several weeks, we are putting together -- come together with some frequency here in person and in the cyberworld to focus on a discrete, individual topics. we begin the process with a more general discussion in which i and my two distinguished colleagues will examine the broader issues at stake in the middle east for a second obama administration. at this moment, let me just remind people ago you could please turn your cell phones off, but silent, but took lee off. we're broadcasting live on c- span. we have other esteemed members of the journalists world here with us. each of my collea
today, we will take an early look at what will be and what should be the foreign policy of the second obama administration in the middle east. we at the washington institute, for us this is just the beginning of a quite a number of event and undertakings that we will be producing. there will be transition papers on the key issues. sometimes by our sterling institute research staff, sometimes by outside scholars and practitioners that we have commissioned to take a look at specific topics -- in...
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benjamin, what did you hear about foreign policy? guest: he can quote bible scripture better than i can obama has reached out to the muslim world. he has -- he came into office as a president holding two wars. and let's remember, he won a nobel peace prize. i think it's fundamental to his nature that he wants to sort of reach out to publics across the world and to present a different notion of america. i don't think that that is religion specific. i think that's across the board , his relationship with israel, his relationship with the muslim world. host: this is a "financial times" editorial today. rethink on drones after petraeus exit. general petraeus has been the master mind behind using deprones to go after al qaeda in the horn of africa, etc. what has been the world reaction to these -- this type of mill tear strategy. guest: the administration has doubled down on thes you of drones. there are hundreds more than there ever were in the bush administration. there's clear security rationale for some of them. there are certainly is
benjamin, what did you hear about foreign policy? guest: he can quote bible scripture better than i can obama has reached out to the muslim world. he has -- he came into office as a president holding two wars. and let's remember, he won a nobel peace prize. i think it's fundamental to his nature that he wants to sort of reach out to publics across the world and to present a different notion of america. i don't think that that is religion specific. i think that's across the board , his...
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our general tell us the greatest threat to our nation is not in a foreign-policy -- power. it is our dead. everything has to be on the table. -- it is our debt. everything has to be on the table. we can do things much more effectively and probably better if we would take a new look at some of these areas. >> is this an olive branch for fiscal cliff the negotiations? >> we need to talk about what has happened. there have been no real cuts to the pentagon. there has not been the hope for desired increase in spending. we did not get the increase. that is where we are now. out of the $600 billion budget, could you imagines that through smart thinking we could save 8% of that. the answer is absolutely. there is not a military base but i go to war in office or private that i have talked to that does not agree you can cut timber sent out of the areas of their responsibility. why are we not doing it? what are we not taking those ideas and getting them filtered out? we have put forward before the break a pentagon bill. one of the biggest problems of the pentagon is they have no idea
our general tell us the greatest threat to our nation is not in a foreign-policy -- power. it is our dead. everything has to be on the table. -- it is our debt. everything has to be on the table. we can do things much more effectively and probably better if we would take a new look at some of these areas. >> is this an olive branch for fiscal cliff the negotiations? >> we need to talk about what has happened. there have been no real cuts to the pentagon. there has not been the hope...
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they both support the same foreign policy. i think the problem we have with benghazi is we should have recognized first is we shouldn't have supported the rebels and then get involved. then we ignored all the warnings. and whether we cut a couple dollars back, we never cut anything. we might have cut some increases. that is all. but we should have recognized the danger. we should have had those people out of there. other countries knew it was dangerous. and for us to have stayed there is foolish, but to blame republicans or to blame the democrats back and forth, i don't think that's as accurate as saying whether it's the federal reserve policy, whether it's suspending policy or whether it's the welfare system, whether it's the foreign system, it's very, very bipartisan. see, we've had too much bipartisanship and compromising in washington because they support the same issues. the only thing they don't support is people who get to pass out the money, and they do fight over the power and the influence, but policies never change.
they both support the same foreign policy. i think the problem we have with benghazi is we should have recognized first is we shouldn't have supported the rebels and then get involved. then we ignored all the warnings. and whether we cut a couple dollars back, we never cut anything. we might have cut some increases. that is all. but we should have recognized the danger. we should have had those people out of there. other countries knew it was dangerous. and for us to have stayed there is...
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to what extent does this represent an increase in militarization of foreign policy? >> this is a very big question. question on is the drone approach in yemen and more broadly elsewhere, a reflection of a broader shift of foreign policy that shows a greater marltization? -- militarization. >> i think you're definitely on to something. there are things i can point to. using drone strikes, using air strikes is a way that the u.s. can effectively combat its enemies without putting american forces at risk and without sort of suffering the casualties that we've seen in iraq and afghanistan. and while i think that may be true long term i had great concerns about the potential blowback from those actions and what the casualty account will be. that is a difficult argument to make. we're still at the point where we haven't seen all of the repercussions that are taking place from these attacks. but i do think there will be unfortunately i think there will be repercussions. the other thing i would note is that i think obviously given the situation in libya and benghazi, there a
to what extent does this represent an increase in militarization of foreign policy? >> this is a very big question. question on is the drone approach in yemen and more broadly elsewhere, a reflection of a broader shift of foreign policy that shows a greater marltization? -- militarization. >> i think you're definitely on to something. there are things i can point to. using drone strikes, using air strikes is a way that the u.s. can effectively combat its enemies without putting...
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many of us also have significant concerns with russia's foreign policy. much as i believe that russia does not always act responsibly, i also believe that this legislation cannot be seen as rewarding russia. instead, any benefit that is conferred is on u.s. job creators. i also fully share the concerns of many of my colleagues on russia's abysmal human rights record and that's why i support adding the magnitsky legislation to this bill. on the third anniversary of sergei magnitsky while imprisoned. for all these reasons we urgently need to pass this important bipartisan legislation. i urge all my colleagues to support it. madam speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from michigan, mr. levin, is recognized. mr. levin: thank you so much. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. levin: i want to make a number of points first to join with the chairman of the committee. we have worked hard on this on a bipartisan basis, and also with t
many of us also have significant concerns with russia's foreign policy. much as i believe that russia does not always act responsibly, i also believe that this legislation cannot be seen as rewarding russia. instead, any benefit that is conferred is on u.s. job creators. i also fully share the concerns of many of my colleagues on russia's abysmal human rights record and that's why i support adding the magnitsky legislation to this bill. on the third anniversary of sergei magnitsky while...